By Mike McCombs
The Island News
A number of customers across the Lowcountry are experiencing internet and cellular phone outages Monday afternoon, Feb. 3.
Sparklight, formerly Hargray, posted a message on X, formerly Twitter, just before 4 p.m., that read, “South Carolina Outage Alert: A subset of customers in Beaufort, Lady’s Island, Okatie, Ridgeland, Estill and a portion of Hardeeville are currently experiencing service interruptions due to a fiber cut.”
According to the DownDetector.com website that tracks cellular and internet outages, the reports of outages first spiked around 1 p.m.
Just after 3 p.m., the City of Beaufort posted on its Facebook page, “Please be aware that internet and phone services are down at the Municipal Complex as part of a regional outage and staff are working with utility providers to resolve the issue.”
Some cellular phone customers with Verizon, T-Mobile, Cricket (AT&T) and Boost all reported service outages. Brightspeed also had increased internet outages.
The outages are not affecting 911 service.
Mike McCombs is the editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.
